Silence is golden indeed. Cole Hocker was quiet while the overwhelming favourites, Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway and Josh Kerr of Britain were talking.
Silence is golden indeed. Cole Hocker was quiet while the overwhelming favourites, Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway and Josh Kerr of Britain were talking.
The Norwegian last week said that because Kerr picks and chooses which competitions to enter, he is not a true challenger.
The stage was set for the duo to battle for gold as the world has been waiting for.
Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen took a commanding lead in the first 1200m but Kerr zoomed past him thinking he was going home with the gold for Britain.
Cole Hocker had a wonderful plan of upsetting the two untouchables. The American stepped up in the last 20m and finished ahead of the rivals to stun everyone.
The 1,500m finals felt like a movie. It was so great and exciting. America will celebrate the gold medal immensely because it was never part of the plans for gold medals.
Former 1,500m Olympic champions; Paavo Nurmi, Herb Elliott, Peter Snell, Kip Keino, John Walker, Sebastian Coe, Noureddine Morceli, Hicham El Guerrouj will all be proud of Cole for quieting the duo.
Cole Hocker became the sixth American since 1920 to medal in the 1,500. The others: Glenn Cunningham, silver, 1936; Bob McMillen, silver, 1952; Jim Ryun, silver, 1968; Leo Manzano, silver, 2012; Matthew Centrowitz, gold, 2016.
🥇 3:27.65 Cole Hocker 🇺🇸 OR
🥈 3:27.79 Josh Kerr 🇬🇧 NR
🥉 3:27.80 Yared Nuguse 🇺🇸 PB
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